Narrative | Moritz Moessinger | Director of Photography | Cinematographer based in Hamburg and London https://www.moritzmoessinger.com Moritz Moessinger | Director of Photography | Cinematographer based in Hamburg and London Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:41:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-Untitled_1.13.1-e1694086804325-32x32.jpg Narrative | Moritz Moessinger | Director of Photography | Cinematographer based in Hamburg and London https://www.moritzmoessinger.com 32 32 Explosives https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/explosive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=explosive Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:54:35 +0000 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=5931 When an aerial bomb from the Second World War is found on a construction site and an entire neighbourhood has to be evacuated as a precaution, the evacuated residents find themselves in the old gymnasium right next to a refugee shelter, of all places. Prejudices, fears and hostility increase the longer the bomb disposal takes […]

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When an aerial bomb from the Second World War is found on a construction site and an entire neighbourhood has to be evacuated as a precaution, the evacuated residents find themselves in the old gymnasium right next to a refugee shelter, of all places. Prejudices, fears and hostility increase the longer the bomb disposal takes and eventually threaten to escalate.

CREW

Director: Linus Lyas
Production: Leitwolf Film 
PBroadcaster: ZDF

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Encrochat (TV Pilot) https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/encrochat-teaser-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=encrochat-teaser-series Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:32:05 +0000 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=5895 Teaser to the Series Encrochat. The series follows the uprising drug dealer Ashraf, Encrochat programmer Nuray and Maria who is head of a special police unit to fight organized crime. CREW Director / Screenwriter: Timo Sonnenschein Production: Sonnenschein Films Now: Zeitsprung Producer: Timon Kraaz

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Teaser to the Series Encrochat. The series follows the uprising drug dealer Ashraf, Encrochat programmer Nuray and Maria who is head of a special police unit to fight organized crime.

CREW

Director / Screenwriter: Timo Sonnenschein
Production: Sonnenschein Films Now: Zeitsprung
Producer: Timon Kraaz

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Disturbance https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/disturbance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=disturbance Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:12:27 +0000 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=4448 Fiction film in six Episodes about the loss of once home and being a stranger in a new society. The film tells the story of a young man having to flee his country with his mother and his personal experiences of trying to be accepted in his new surroundings. CREW Director / Screenwriter: Constantin Hatz […]

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Fiction film in six Episodes about the loss of once home and being a stranger in a new society. The film tells the story of a young man having to flee his country with his mother and his personal experiences of trying to be accepted in his new surroundings.

CREW

Director / Screenwriter: Constantin Hatz
Production: Kinescope Film
Executive Producer: Matthias Greving / Kirsten Lukaczik
Producer: Janina Sara Hennemann
Funding: Nordmedia / FFHSH

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Grilli never gives up (TV Pilot) https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/grilli-never-gives-up-series-wip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grilli-never-gives-up-series-wip Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:51:55 +0000 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=4442   “Grillmaster-Flash”, GRILLI, an unsuccessful but talented singer-songwriter struggles to manage his strive to fame and as well as his private life. Pilot to a mini series.  CREW Director / Screenwriter: Florian Vey Production: Kinescope Film Executive Producer: Matthias Greving / Kirsten Lukaczik Producer: Janina Sara Hennemann Supported by: Nordmedia

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“Grillmaster-Flash”, GRILLI, an unsuccessful but talented singer-songwriter struggles to manage his strive to fame and as well as his private life.

Pilot to a mini series. 

CREW

Director / Screenwriter: Florian Vey
Production: Kinescope Film
Executive Producer: Matthias Greving / Kirsten Lukaczik
Producer: Janina Sara Hennemann
Supported by: Nordmedia

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By Any Other Name https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/baon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baon Fri, 12 May 2023 11:51:35 +0000 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=5348 A vulnerable young girl is kidnapped and trafficked into the London sex trade. 7 years later her sister receives a call, igniting a frantic journey from her home in the north, to the capital city; where she fights to bring her sister home. CREW Director / Writer: Daniel Deville Producer: Camilla Arnold Production: Slick Films

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A vulnerable young girl is kidnapped and trafficked into the London sex trade. 7 years later her sister receives a call, igniting a frantic journey from her home in the north, to the capital city; where she fights to bring her sister home.

CREW

Director / Writer: Daniel Deville
Producer: Camilla Arnold
Production: Slick Films

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A Distant Figure https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/a-distant-figure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-distant-figure Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:57:35 +0000 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=5010 Since the death of his wife, the life of Karl, a street cleaner in his early 60s, has been in a downward spiral. Through his appearance and dismissive manner, he has managed to alienate himself from his friends and family. When his colleague Sarah, a Muslim woman in her 30s, is assaulted by two drunken […]

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Since the death of his wife, the life of Karl, a street cleaner in his early 60s, has been in a downward spiral. Through his appearance and dismissive manner, he has managed to alienate himself from his friends and family. When his colleague Sarah, a Muslim woman in her 30s, is assaulted by two drunken youths during a night shift, he takes justice into his own hands.
His well-intentioned but misguided actions prove ineffective and leave Karl
once again – alone.

CREW

Director: Ramon Durman
Script: Ramon Durman
Producer: Kim Hoever
Co-Producer: Moritz Moessinger
Production: Antiplot Film

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Samira https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/samira/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=samira Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:21:30 +0000 http://neu.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=2682 Janosch, an interpreter, is called to help during a police deployment at the Port of Hamburg. A young African woman has barricaded herself in a container ship and threatens to commit suicide. In order to get her out, Janosch promises to help her, an offer which bears unexpected consequences. AWARDS Winner: SSF & ASIA | International Filmfestival Emden | […]

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Janosch, an interpreter, is called to help during a police deployment at the Port of Hamburg. A young African woman has barricaded herself in a container ship and threatens to commit suicide. In order to get her out, Janosch promises to help her, an offer which bears unexpected consequences.

AWARDS

Winner: SSF & ASIA | International Filmfestival Emden | Manlleu Festival | Open Eyes Filmfestival | Hagen Shortfilm Festival | Swikos Festival | Kunstgriffrolle | Fünf Seen Festival | Oderkurz Festival …
Nominee: German Human Rights Award | Human Rights Award | Max Ophüls Festival | 36th VGIK Moskow | Corti da Sogni | Etudia&Anima …

CREW

Director: Charlotte Rolfes
Script: Fentje Hanke
Creative Producer: Janina Sara Hennemann
Production: Hamburg Media School

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Intermezzo https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/intermezzo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intermezzo Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:02:43 +0000 https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=4762 Intermezzos deals with the psychological state of alienation which is not to be shared, described or prevented, not even in the most intimate moments with the closest person. It is a search for words that depict the discrepancy between what is to be seen and what is to be felt. The state of disconnection and […]

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Intermezzos deals with the psychological state of alienation which is not to be shared, described or prevented, not even in the most intimate moments with the closest person. It is a search for words that depict the discrepancy between what is to be seen and what is to be felt. The state of disconnection and rootlessness as well as the sensation of beeing unsettled can be portrayed much closer in a symbolical or visually unliteral manner. Intermezzo questions the translation of these states to literal, it questions the capability of self-reflection, but it also comforts its miscarriage.

CREW

Director / Screenwriter: Visnja Stretenovic
Supported by: Claussen-Simon Stiftung

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Trade Queen https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/trade-queen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trade-queen Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:16:04 +0000 http://neu.moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=2696 Day by day, Mr. Jonas and Mr. Schmidt make their way from door to door across the country, selling pots. After work, both go their own way: Mr. Jonas spends his evenings in solitude, contemplating in his cheap hotel room, before going to a bar to drink a few glasses of Whiskey. Mr. Schmidt whereas, […]

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Day by day, Mr. Jonas and Mr. Schmidt make their way from door to door across the country, selling pots.
After work, both go their own way: Mr. Jonas spends his evenings in solitude, contemplating in his cheap hotel room, before going to a bar to drink a few glasses of Whiskey. Mr. Schmidt whereas, transforms himself into a glamorous Drag Queen and dives into the night-life.
On one of those evenings, set at a shabby bar on the outskirts of a town, Mr. Schmidt fully dressed up, clashes with the locals who aren’t able to to cope with his extroverted lifestyle as well as with Mr. Jonas who just wanted to spend some time alone. Now it’s up to Mr. Jonas to decide whether he’ll risk his own neck for his unwanted colleague, or do nothing  while Mr. Schmidt gets humiliated.

AWARDS

Nominee: Euroshorts | Festival Cinéma & Droits Humains Amnesty | Sicily Short Films | Toronto Queer Film Festival | Festival de Cine de Alicante | 26th Mediwave | Festival International d’Aubagne | Vasteras Festival | a Filmschau Baden-Wuerttemberg …

CREW

Director: David Wagner
Script: Justus Bergen
Creative Producer: Janina Sara Hennemann
Production: Hamburg Media School

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Passage https://www.moritzmoessinger.com/portfolio/passage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=passage Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:08:07 +0000 https://moritzmoessinger.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=3870 Two strangers on the run, searching for an unknown destiny and running from an invisible enemy. Both meet on their journey to safety and decide to form a temporary team but the constant threat and tension puts their friendship to the test. CREW Director / Screenwriter: Justin Koch Production: Asphalt Film

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Two strangers on the run, searching for an unknown destiny and running from an invisible enemy. Both meet on their journey to safety and decide to form a temporary team but the constant threat and tension puts their friendship to the test.

CREW

Director / Screenwriter: Justin Koch
Production: Asphalt Film

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